Due this week

5. Haunted. Have you ever been in a house where things go bump in the night? Do you believe that some buildings or places are haunted? Is there one in your town? Tell us a story about it. Make it believable.
Alternate: Lockers. What one thing do you wish no one to know about in your locker? Or what is the most important thing in your locker? Deadline: Friday Oct. 17.

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  • Click "create content" and create an ENTRY
  • Fill out "title," "author name, school & grade" and "prompt" boxes.
  • Paste story into "body."
  • Click "Submit." You are done.
    NOTES: Your account email must be accurate; a "blog" entry must be resubmitted as an ENTRY to be considered.

Stories ii

imagine's picture
Submitted by imagine on July 6, 2008 - 10:12.

1. If you don't write me back soon, I swear I'll send you something poisoned.

2. As I shook his enormous hand he told me to call him "The Wizard", and when I started playing Blackbird for the crowd of lonely people, his eyes looked like they were 5 years old again.

3. I'm starting to feel uncomfortable in my body again, but for vastly different reasons this time.

4. I'm ready to find another amazing person who will run away with me.

5. I have the strangest urge to call her up and find out who she is, even though we haven't talked since sixth grade, because I still remember so clearly the days when we played dress-up and thought that we would always love each other.

6. Maybe there's too much that I don't know about you.

Usagi's picture

I absolutely adore the

Submitted by Usagi on July 6, 2008 - 13:37.

I absolutely adore the first one.

The rest are, as usual, amazing.

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